Different types of hard disk Failures

Data Recovery Services Overview

Rockingham I.T. Solutions are able to recover / retrieve files in the following situations: Recover Computer Data - UNC Uncorrectable Data Error - especially Maxtor SATA;
- Damaged Hard Drive As A Result of Power Surge;
- Hard drives damaged as a result of reversed power polarity and/or voltage from incorrectly plugging in power leads or cable;

File Systems we repair

File Repair and/or data recovery from the following file systems:

FAT FAT32 and NTFS file systems;
Linux with EXT2fs, EXT3, XFS, file sytems on standalone & RAID volumes;
Data recovery from from faulty or corrupt partitions, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged;
Data recovery from all Win 95, Win 98, Win ME, NT 4.0, Windows™ XP and Windows™ 2000 systems;

Faulty Hard Drives

Rouckingham I.T. Solutions technicians can recover data from the following faulty hard drives:

Desktop/Laptop/Notebook USB & Firewire IEEE1394 hard disks;
Repair / Recover fix Mechanical / Electrical / Firmware Hard Disk drive Problems;
Hard Disk Drive not recognised in BIOS;
Noisy Hard Drives with clicking, scraping or clunking sound;
Hard disks with read/write head crashes;

Power Surge problems

Power Surge, Reversed Polarity, Power Supply plugged in the wrong way around: This is a frequent occurrence - particularly plugging the power lead in the wrong way around.

Despite the shape of the Molex connector, the cheaper versions are often are made of a soft plastic and can easily be plugged in incorrectly.

Hard Disk Drive not seen in BIOS

BIOS stands for Basic Input / Output System and it simply provides a set of instructions to your computer, telling it how to start, and how to interface to the first 'Boot' device.

When it reaches the first boot device, it then receives further instructions from there to follow up, and eventually loads your operating system if everything is OK.